Donald Trump’s Department of Justice (DoJ) has increasingly become his administration’s “political wing” with criminal investigations of economic and political foes and an FBI raid of a Georgia election office seeking evidence for Trump’s debunked claim that his 2020 election loss was rigged, say ex-prosecutors.
The shifts at the DoJ have been especially marked since the start of 2026 and the growing politicization of the department – headed by Trump’s loyalist attorney general, Pam Bondi – was symbolized on 19 February , when a large banner with Trump’s picture was unfurled over the door of the DoJ headquarters.
